Letter Lessons and First Words: Phonics Foundations That Work

by Nell K Duke, Nell K Duke (Editor)

If you're not sure how phonics fits within your daily instruction, or crave a more effective process for teaching phonics, Heidi Anne Mesmer is here to help. In Letter Lessons and First Words , Heidi Anne provides a research-based vision of what lively, engaging phonics instruction can look like, along with practical, classroom-tested tools to make it happen in your classroom. Heidi Anne provides a one-stop shop for phonics instruction, including a clear scope and sequence of what to teach, a quick assessment to differentiate instruction, a simple lesson framework, and three activity-filled units matching key developmental milestones. More than twenty classroom videos bring the content to life, showing children working with letters, words, and books at various stages of learning. Additional resources Isn't it time to re-imagine how you teach phonics? Letter Lessons and First Words will show you the way toward joyful instruction for today's classrooms.

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Genres: Teaching, Education, School

240 pages, Paperback

Published May 22, 2019

Reviews

[Riss Leung · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got a lot of value out of reading this book. I didn't necessarily agree with everything she suggested but it certainly gave me plenty of food for thought.
I studied this book as part of an educators book club.